Arizona's 2014 season was the physical manifestation of the Twitter hashtag Pac12AfterDark: wildly unpredictable and wildly entertaining. The Wildcats needed a Hail Mary to beat California, clock mismanagement to beat Washington and a fourth-down stop to beat rival Arizona State. ''You never know…

Penn State defensive tackle Anthony Zettel can drive a golf ball more than 300 yards, throw a football about 60 yards and is one of the best basketball players on the football team. Zettel's all-around athleticism makes him one of the best defensive tackles not just in the Big Ten, but in the…

Nebraska's offense will look different under new coach Mike Riley. In his first year with the Huskers, Riley inherits a quarterback in Tommy Armstrong with a skill set that does not match what the coach so often had to work with at Oregon State. The transition to Riley's pro-style offense in the…

Washington State coach Mike Leach has a few ideas. When he was asked for dating advance during his Pac-12 football media day session at Warner Bros. Studios, Leach suggested a few outside-the-box activities. ''If you go to Washington State, we've got five of America's greatest rivers around there.

It worked before, and Thomas Sirk hopes it works again. When preseason camp starts later this week, the redshirt junior will be the one taking the first-team snaps and replacing Anthony Boone - the winningest quarterback in Duke history.

Even before coach Pete Carroll's dynasty had died, Southern California began a yearly cycle of sky-high preseason hopes and comparatively disappointing results. After Carroll left and the Trojans became hamstrung by NCAA sanctions for the past half-decade, their modest winter successes never…

Gene Chizik built one of the nation's top defenses as an Auburn assistant, worked as defensive coordinator during Texas' national-championship run then returned to the Tigers to win another title as head coach. Approaching three years after he was fired from Auburn, Chizik is back in coaching as…

Compared to the rest of Jim Harbaugh's year, this was tame stuff. In his first Big Ten media day appearance as Michigan's head coach, Harbaugh ditched the ball cap and khakis and put on a suit. There were no shout-outs to Judge Judy or rappers Big Sean and Lil Wayne.

If former Eastern Washington star Vernon Adams is the next starting quarterback at Oregon, Ducks head coach Mark Helfrich isn't saying. Helfrich wouldn't address Adams' status with the program, his prospects to replace Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota - or even refer to the FCS first-team…